Tag-fastener



(No Model.)

' W. A. SBIBEL. TAG FASTBNBR.

No. 568,803. .Patented ont. 6., 1896.

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UNITED STATES Frrcn.

WILLIAM AUGUST SEIBEL, OF INDEPENDENCE, IOWA.

TAG-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,803, dated October6, 1896. Application filed January 13 1896. Serial No. 575,359. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM AUGUST SEI-v BEL, a citizen of the UnitedStates,anda resident of Independence, in the county of Buchanan andState of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tag-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear,and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilledin the art 4to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to devices for securing tags with price-m arks orother descriptive matter to goods, such as leather, cloth, anddress-goods in general, and its object is to provide an improvedconstruction of the same which shall be simple and economical tomanufacture and by which an ordinary tag pro vided -with a string may bereadily connected with the goods.

The invention consists in the novel con-v struction and combination ofparts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of thetag-securer, showing the manner of using the same. Fig. 2 is anelevation of the device. Fig. 3 is a similar View, the needle beingclosed.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral l designates a late providednear each end on one side widh curved grooves 2 and 3, in the center ofwhich are depressions L and 5. This plate may be made of metal or othersuitable material and at its outer end is formed with a loop 6, whichserves as a fingerhold.

The numeral 7 designates a dat needle pivoted intermediate its ends toplate l, near the front end thereof. One end of thisneedle is providedwith a stud 8, adapted to engage with the depression in the plate. Theother end of this needle is tapered to a point and near the pointed endis formed with a groove 9. The numeral 10 designates an ordinary papertag, and l2-its string.

Then the device is not in use, the needle is closed or shut by turningit upon its pivot, so that the pointed end will project inward and theother end be flush with the front end of the plate, as seen in Fig. 3.In closing the needle the stud thereof will travel in the curved groove2 until it reaches the depression 4 in the center thereof, when it willspring into the same and hold the needle in position.

To use the device, the needle is opened so that its point will projectoutward beyond the front end of the plate l, as seen in Fig. 2, the headon the needle engaging with groove 3 and depression 5. The tag-string isnow engaged with the groove of the needle, said groove being up, and thepoint of the needle passed through the goods to which the tag is to beattached, carrying the string with it. The needle is then withdrawn,leaving the string in the goods, and the tag then passed through theloop of the string, whereby it is securely held in place.

By the above device the tag can be readily and quickly secured to thegoods and the hole made by the needle will not appreciably affect thesame. The tags being of ordinary stiff paper are very much lessexpensive than metal ones, while answering the purpose just aseffectively. y

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is As an improvedarticle, the herein described device for attaching tags to goodsconsisting of the plate formed with a curved groove near the end with acentral depression, the pivoted needle pointed at one end and formedwith a groove near said point, and the stud secured to the opposite endof said needle; substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM AUGUST SEIBEL.

FRANK BYRNEs, G. H. HORMER.

